We all make decisions in different ways. This third installment of our three-part series on Decision Making (See here for Part 1, and here for Part 2) will help you determine the type of decision maker you are and includes a …
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This post is part of a 3-Part series on the topic of Biases in Decision Making. Please click here for Part 1. The third installment will be posted next week. Research in behavioral economics and social psychology continuously shows us …
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If you’ve been in the workforce for longer than a year or two, you’ve probably had some odd coworkers. But how do yours stack up against the winners of our weirdest coworker contest? I recently asked readers to tell us …
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In a 2009 McKinsey Quarterly survey of 2,207 executives, 28 percent evaluated the quality of strategic decisions in their companies as mostly good, 60 percent said bad decisions were about as common as good ones, and 12 percent claimed good …
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A reader asks: My director (my boss’s boss) has tasked me with researching new software (project/resource management) for my team to use. She asked me specifically because I’m good with technology/systems/organization. I’ve found a few good options that seem to …
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Corporate culture is becoming increasingly important in the war for talent and retention at companies of all types around the world. Corporate culture is the personality of a company and it can’t be faked. Through social networks, review sites and …
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What do you do when a direct report comes to you with an interpersonal conflict you didn’t witness? How do you react when you see a performance issue developing in someone you don’t manage? What advice do you give when someone is at a …
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